This is interesting... Early 70s rando style thing. Some really early Japanese stuff mixed in with the usual European components, I've never seen high quality Sugino cottered cranks before. Don't know anything about Royal Star apart from the obvious British name. Cinelli Campion Del Monde bar is an odd choice for a touring/randonneur, such deep drops!

Bridgestone's are quite rare in Aus, and this Bridgestone Spica is actually a fairly nicely specced bike. Google it and you will see people in the states have done some good things with them.But where is Beechboro?...

If you're 5 foot 9 get down to McKinnon. This guy has two very interesting bikes for sale:Touring bike made out of Reynolds 531ST, 'handbuilt wheels' with a nice fork rake. 53cm is too small for anybody I know, otherwise I'd be game.touring bicycle

Also a Hillman MTB, with the highly collectable Deore XT thumbies, handbuilt wheels and Blackburn racks."Hillman"

If you're 5 foot 9 get down to McKinnon. This guy has two very interesting bikes for sale:Touring bike made out of Reynolds 531ST, 'handbuilt wheels' with a nice fork rake. 53cm is too small for anybody I know, otherwise I'd be game.touring bicycle

Also a Hillman MTB, with the highly collectable Deore XT thumbies, handbuilt wheels and Blackburn racks."Hillman"

Plenty of nice bikes to be found in Melbourne. To bad nice bikes have been a bit thin on the ground in Brisvegas of late.

Highly collectable you say, I think I might have a pair of those lying around .

Legendary among retro grouches. $64.75 USD seems to be about the average for used ones, there's a few nicer sets that sold for $90 It's the best that Thumb Shifters ever got before Shimano brought out trigger shifters, which need replacing every 3 years and make lots of money in aftermarket repairs... That's if you subscribe to the great Bicycle Components Conspiracy Theory...

It's the mythical half-decent DeCarlo!!! I KNEW there had to be such a thing! Hard to tell from those photos but I don't reckon those are pressed dropouts, in which case i'd guess at some plain gauge Tange?

Not a snowball's chance in hell of being worth $300 though .

When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments- Elizabeth West.

ldrcycles wrote::shock: It's the mythical half-decent DeCarlo!!! I KNEW there had to be such a thing! Hard to tell from those photos but I don't reckon those are pressed dropouts, in which case i'd guess at some plain gauge Tange?